Kiyomizu dera tample @ Kyoto
With bright red kimono
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It's my first time walking around in a city with Kimino on. The experience was epic!
Me and my family rented kimino set in Kyoto, the shop allowed us to wear it for a day.
As we always heard, a full set of kimono needs at least half hour to put on. We've spent an hour in the shop, including the time for me to mix and match the kimino and accessorises.
It was a really unique experience for me to be dressed up with layers and layers in a traditional Japanese hall.
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The shop provided us:
Few layers of Japanese undergarments (Nagajuban & Datejima)
Kimono
Obi (the wide silk sash that's tied around the waist of my kimono)
Tabi (foot shaped sock with buckles on the back)
Sori (a type of formal sandals)
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I am always a big fan of red therefore I have chosen a bright red kimono but there were still lots of 'kawaii' style of kimono for my to choose. I am looking forward to put on a pink kimono with golden obi next time!
Although Japanese youth are increasingly westernised, they are still adopting the tradition Japanese cultures in their everything life. Japan is a heterogeneous society where western and local culture are co-existing, Japanese preserves all the heritage and traditional culture like Temples, Kimino, Matsuri (festival) and the respect to elder people; on the other hand, they are one of the top leading countries in the fashion industry. Japan is known for being radical, boundary-pushing and extreme, top designers like Nicola Formichetti (the former stylist of Lady Gaga), Yu Amatsu (pattern maker for Marc Jacobs) etc.
